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Challenges include the need for an expanded performance profile

Amber Goodyear, Global Market Manager for Powder Resins at Arkema, gives insights into trends in powder coatings and what could be done to increase the performance of low-temperature powder coatings. ...

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“A radical change in the way coatings are manufactured

We asked Dr Eva García-Lecina, Director of Cidetec Surface Engineering about trends in functional coatings.

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Casein as sustainable green flame retardant

Researchers have portrayed waterborne hybrid polyurethane coatings containing Casein as sustainable flame retardant through different synthesis approaches.

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Facile method to construct super-slippery surfaces

A new study describes a facile method for fabricating super-slippery surface with long term and high-efficiency sustained release performance.

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December issue: Powder coatings in the focus

The December issue of the European Coatings Journal is out. It features a full package on powder coatings: a market report, a product overview and expert interviews.

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Skin-mimetic: Transparent anti-corrosive coating

A new study presents a skin-mimetic assembly strategy for fabricating a transparent and highly anti-corrosive nanocomposite coating.

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Inorganic additives and their impact on automotive coating systems

Researchers have systematically varied inorganic additives and and studied their impact on interfacial delamination processes of automotive coating systems.

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Novel route to make greener alkyd coatings

A new study describes the valorisation of waste products from the food industry that can decrease the petro-based part in alkyd resins.

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Castor oil-based omniphobic polyurethane coatings

A recently conducted study reportstransparent polyurethane coatings with high hardness, anti-smudge and anti-corrosive properties.

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Review: Embrittlement in organic coatings

A new review article gives a comprehensive overview on the sources of tensile, cracking-opening stress of organic coatings and focuses on the polymer embrittlement during degradation.

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Functional coatings in the focus of the November issue

The November issue of the European Coatings Journal is out. It features a full package on functional coatings: a market report, a product overview and expert interviews.

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Market overview for water borne coatings

The use of water-borne coatings is developing encouragingly. In 2021, the global market for water-borne coatings reached a volume of around 35 million metric tons and a value of almost EUR 96 billion,...

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Polymeric aziridines as crosslinkers for water-based coatings

Researchers have introduced polymeric aziridines as a new class of low toxicity two-component crosslinkers for carboxylic resins.

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Environment-friendly UV-curable alkyd-based non-isocyanate urethanes

During a new study, two non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) were used as reactive diluents for an alkyd to obtain eco-friendly new UV-curable alkyd-polyurethane coatings.